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Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, seeks a procurement professional to execute material purchase requests and coordinate supplier activities. The role covers supplier qualification, negotiations, and ensuring compliant purchasing aligned with ERP/SOP processes.

The ideal candidate has 4–5 years of experience, knowledge of SAP/Ariba, and strong English communication skills, with night shifts from 5:30 PM to 2:30 AM IST and a graduate/postgraduate

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of experience in procurement or supply chain.
• Basic knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Office.
• JAGGAER experience preferred.
• Fluent English (written & spoken).
• Night shift from 5:30 PM IST to 2:30 AM IST.

Responsibilities

• Executes material purchase requests per technical spec, price, delivery, and terms.
• Identify new suppliers and coordinate with category teams.
• Qualify new suppliers with Supplier Quality and Engineering specialists."
• Negotiate agreements and renew price lists and terms.
• Adapt contractual framework to local business needs.
• Track supplier performance and ensure on-time delivery.
• Align ERP/SOP with customer requirements in content, quality, delivery.
• Support bid and proposal teams with market information.

Skills

Analytical skills

Creative mindset

Presentation skills

Time management

Business acumen

Education

Graduate or postgraduate degree

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Microsoft Office

JAGGAER

Job description

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Job ID: R0108793 Date Posted: 2025-12-08 Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Profession (Job Category): Customer Service & Contact Center Operations Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No

Job Description:

The opportunity: Executes material purchase requests, according to required technical specification, price, delivery schedule and terms. Ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures under supervision.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Recommends / supports in Identifying new suppliers and coordinates with relevant category team.
• Follows the process to qualify new suppliers in cooperation with Supplier Quality and Engineering specialists.
• Supports in negotiating agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews pricelists, terms and conditions and feeds back recommendations for appropriate actions.
• Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs.
• Recommends frame agreements to management, ensures approved contractual terms in execution.
• Analyses and evaluates bids within the scope, in order to determine the optimal value.
• Supports bid and proposal teams by providing relevant market information within the area of responsibility.
• Tracks goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing as per available guidelines.
• Oversees supplier performance (on delivery, quality, lead time), and recommend solutions / resolves performance issues within the scope.
• Initiates supply orders in the system, confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors and tracks supplier performance to purchase order requirements.
• Aligns supplier orders with customer requirements (based on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/project requirements) in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability and price.
• Conducts all Supply Chain activities for all goods and services in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Ensures Pro-Supply global supplier relationship management platform is kept updated as defined in Pro-Supply procedure within the scope of activities.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Qualification into Graduate or postgraduate degree in any field.
• Should have 4 to 5 years of experience.
• Basic Knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Package.
• JAGGAER tool experience preferred.
• Computer skills, analytical & creative mind.
• Presentation skills with attention to details.
• Business skills, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Time management and organization skills.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.
• This is a Night Shift from 5:30 PM IST to 2:30 AM IST.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

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